Library guides: Writing: Key resources

Key databases

AustLit (via National Library of Australia)
Register with the National Library of Australia to access this resource (or access it via your State library): AustLit is available from the NLA Literature guide. AustLit is a searchable, scholarly source of authoritative biographical, bibliographic, critical, and production information about Australian writers and writing. It also documents the publishers, newspapers, magazines and scholarly journals that make this work known. Material dates largely from the arrival of European print culture in Australia (c.1788) to the present. However, pre-1788 works, are included, as are references to the pre-colonial and continuing storytelling cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.

Humanities international Complete (EBSCO)

Humanities International Complete offers access to full-text journals for humanities research worldwide. It includes all data from Humanities International Index plus unique full-text content.
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ProQuest
Databases across all major subject areas, including Health, Education, Business, Social Sciences, and Science & Technology.
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JSTOR - Arts and Sciences
Provides access to the complete archives of core scholarly journals in the areas of arts, humanities, music and social sciences.
Literature and Culture Collection (InfoRMIT)
This multidisciplinary Collection provides access to high ranking and iconic journals not available elsewhere. The broad subject coverage ensures relevance to library users of all interests especially Aboriginal and indigenous studies, arts, history, law, literary studies, media, political science and sociology.
Cambridge University Press Journals Collection
Cambridge University Press Collection provides access to over 420 peer-reviewed academic journals under the Read & Publish agreement. Subjects span the humanities, social sciences, science, technology, and medicine.
Cambridge Books Online
Browse by subject or type in a search. Filter your results on the left by selecting 'Only show content I have access to'.

Key resources

Gothic Studies
This Journal covers the field of Gothic studies from the eighteenth century to the present day
Harvard referencing style guide
The Harvard referencing style is used by all Creative Writing units at SCU. Details of the style can be found on the Harvard referencing style guide.

Google Scholar

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